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  • Teacher shortage hampers Proposition 28 arts education hiring

    Proposition 28, or The Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act, gives California school districts about $1 billion per year for arts education but advocates said some school districts are having a hard time finding staff and navigating program requirements. Districts have to spend each year’s...
  • Los programas de inteligencia artificial pueden amortiguar la escasez de consejeros en las preparatorias, pero ¿son buenos para los estudiantes?

    Tara García Mathewson CalMatters Durante la pandemia, Jon Siapno, un veterano consejero universitario y profesional del Área de la Bahía, comenzó a desarrollar un chatbot que pudiera responder las preguntas de los estudiantes de secundaria sobre sus futuras opciones educativas. Estaba usando Watson, el precursor de preguntas y respuestas...
  • AI chatbots can cushion the high school counselor shortage — but are they bad for students?

    Tara García Mathewson CalMatters During the pandemic, longtime Bay Area college and career counselor Jon Siapno started developing a chatbot that could answer high schoolers’ questions about their future education options. He was using IBM’s question-answering precursor to ChatGPT, Watson, but when generative artificial intelligence became accessible, he knew...
  • Los educadores advierten sobre la escasez de docentes

    Los defensores de la educación piden a los legisladores que aumenten el financiamiento de programas para combatir la escasez de docentes. El 37 por ciento de las escuelas en todo el país informan que les falta al menos un maestro. El problema es peor en las escuelas que atienden...
  • Educators sound alarm about teacher shortage

    Education advocates are calling on lawmakers to increase funding for programs to combat the teacher shortage. Around 37% of schools nationwide report being short at least one teacher. The problem is worse at schools serving high-poverty neighborhoods where more than half report a vacancy. Susan Kemper Patrick, a senior researcher on...
  • University of Texas El Paso targets teacher shortage

    It’s estimated that nearly half of all schools in the country don’t have enough teachers. To help change that, the University of Texas in El Paso offers a residency program to help ensure that first-time teachers succeed. The “Miner Teacher Residency” gives students in the College of Education an opportunity...
  • Report: Community Health Centers Work to Address Primary-Care Shortage

    Health insurance does not help you if you can’t find a primary-care doctor – and that is a problem for 100 million Americans, according to a new report. Researchers from the National Association of Community Health Centers have found that one-quarter of medically disenfranchised people are children. Joe Dunn, senior vice...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: ¿Escasez de Baterías en EE.UU.?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk A medida que la crisis climática empeora y es imposible ignorar la protesta pública, los legisladores tienen la tarea de aumentar la producción de energía renovable. La Administración Biden ha anunciado su deseo de descarbonizar la red para 2035. Según la Agencia de...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Battery Shortage In The US?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk As the climate crisis worsens and public outcry can no longer be ignored, policymakers are tasked with ramping up the production of renewable energy. The Biden Administration has announced its desire to de-carbonize the grid by 2035. According to the Environmental Protection Agency...
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